2014～2015学年度下学期期中联考

高 二 英 语

命题人：宜昌一中 潘琴 审题人：龙泉中学 刘云芳

本试题卷共8页，分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

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注意事项：

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4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。

第I卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡ 19.15． B. ￡ 9.15． C. ￡ 9.18．

答案：B



1. How will the woman travel to London?

A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.

2. What do we know about the man?

A. He wants to eat at a restaurant.

B. He has already had lunch.

C. He prefers sandwiches.

3. Who is Robert angry with actually?

A. Mary. B. Himself. C. His sister.

4. Why is the man going to buy some clothes?

A. Summer is coming.

B. He wants to have a change in dress style.

C. He’s going to travel somewhere.

5. What does the man want?

A. A rest. B. A coffee. C. A breakfast.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小

题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. For what reason does Professor Johnson talk to Sophie?

A. She has wasted her money.

B. She has decided to drop out.

C. She has been absent recently.

7. What was Sophie mistaken about?

A. The time for Monday’s class.

B. The date of the exam.

C. Professor Johnson’s suggestion.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the girl want to do?

A. See a movie. B. Meet her mother. C. Attend a meeting.

9. Where will they probably have a walk?

A. In the park. B. Along the beach. C. On the square.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the male speaker do?

A. He is a policeman. B. He is a salesman. C. He is a newsman.

11. What did the older man look like?

A. Thin and average height.

B. Tall and dark-colored.

C. Tall and very thin.

12. What did the younger man wear?

A. A brown shirt. B. A dark jacket. C. A black hat.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does the woman work?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a supermarket. C. In a food company.

14. What will the man probably order?

A. Roast beef. B. Green salad. C. Chicken soup.

15. What will the speakers do the next day?

A. Confirm the reservation.

B. Prepare lots of dishes.

C. Improve the service.

16. What is the get-together for?

A. Promoting environmental awareness.

B. Tasting the special food in the restaurant.

C. Celebrating the birthday of the company.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the purpose of practicing a speech loudly?

A. To focus on the material.

B. To memorize the speech.

C. To give the speech smoothly.

18. What if a speaker makes mistakes at the beginning?

A. It is unlikely for him to finish the speech in time.

B. He might not be able to continue easily.

C. The audience may lose confidence in him.

19. How should a speaker make eye contacts with the audience?

A. By looking at a direction at a time.

B. By looking at a particular person at one time.

C. By looking at the audience all the time.

20. What should a speaker avoid while giving a speech?

A. Having more attention on the audience.

B. Reading the speech to the audience.

C. Raising the voice and using facial expressions.

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

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21. The text is mainly written to _________.

A. introduce fantastic tour places B. invite readers to join in the tours

C. compare boat tours with bike tours D. Encourage readers to have adventures

22. Which countries have been added to “Bike Europe and Beyond”?

A. America & New Zealand. B. New Zealand & China.

C. Vietnam & America. D. China & Vietnam.

23. Which of the following require(s) certain cycling experience?

A. Road Bike Tours. B. Bike & Boat Trips.

C. Luxury Boat Tours. D. Bike Europe and Beyond.

24. The text is probably taken from a _________.

A. newspaper B. textbook

C. website D. Magazine

B

Boys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music. Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure of following that tradition, a US study says.

　　Boys at single-sex schools are said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that help develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they have to follow the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.

The findings of the study are so against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

　　Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warns that boys are being faded by the British education system because it has become too focused on girls. He criticizes teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

　　The research argues that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female schoolmates do better earlier in speaking and reading skills. But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, writes the study’s author, Abigail James, from the University of Virginia.

Teachers can encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have sharper vision to learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer what centers on violence and sexism, ” James writes.

Single-sex education also makes it less likely that boys would feel they have to follow the tradition that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools boys find themselves pushed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reports.

25. The author believes that a single-sex school will _________.

A. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”

B. help to develop masculine aggressiveness in boys

C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

D. naturally make boys accept the traditional image of a man

26. It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys _________.

A. perform relatively better??????? B. grow up more healthily

C. behave more responsibly???????????? D. receive a better education

27. What does Tony Little say about the British education system?

A. It fails more boys than girls academically.

B. It focuses more on mixed school education.

C. It fails to give boys the attention they need.

D. It places more pressure on boys than on girls.

28. According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is _________.

A. teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys

B. boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded

C. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

D. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit

C

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